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Organizational Change: Reimagining Exhibition Development
Lisa Leblanc on how the Canadian Museum of History recently…
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Talking to strangers and challenging the social media echo chamber
Rosie Stanbury on how museums of the future should enable… Continue Reading
Temporary Exhibitions for the Contemporary Cultured
Fiona Cole-Hamilton on the challenges of attracting and engaging a… Continue Reading
Less is More: Why museums don’t have to do it all when it comes to digital
JiaJia Fei on digital with a lean team. Digital projects should… Continue Reading
Crime Museum Uncovered: The Complex Ethics and Expectations
Annette Day on the complex ethical challenges of interpreting a difficult… Continue Reading
Museum Movement – From Keepers to Sharers: Evolution or revolution?
Roy Clare on how the world has changed and why… Continue Reading
The Future of Collecting: Ingenuity and Creativity
Hadrian Ellory-van Dekker on the five steps to successfully completing… Continue Reading
Audience Engagement: How Museums Learned to Love their Visitors
Adam Rozan on how museums should be mindful of every… Continue Reading
Audacious Space: A Welcoming Model of Gallery Engagement
Gravity Goldberg argues that in our desire to create innovative… Continue Reading
Radical Change: Participatory Exhibition Design
Silvia Filippini-Fantoni explains how the Indianapolis Museum of Art has… Continue Reading
Participation, Risk Taking and Experimentation
Catherine O’Donnell – Engagement and Events Officer at the People’s History… Continue Reading
Digital Audience Research: Understanding Visitors
Elena Villaespesa carried out audience research to better understand the… Continue Reading
Informal Learning in Museums: Opportunities and Risks
Gina Koutsika on how a volatile environment in the informal… Continue Reading
Participation on Trial – Is it always a good thing?
Anna Salaman, Andrea Cunningham and Polly Richards explore what participation within… Continue Reading
Dinosaurs and Design Thinking: Innovation and Collaboration
Yen Trinh on how museums are now facing ongoing pressures… Continue Reading
Data-driven Strategies for Delivering Web and Mobile for Museums
Andrew Lewis outlines the data-driven strategies for delivering web and… Continue Reading
Super Museums: Being mindful of every opportunity to delight audiences
Adam Rozan, Allison Agsten, Hanna Cho and Aimee Chang on… Continue Reading
Collection Move: Using technology to overcome challenges
Edward Purvis on using technology to overcome the challenges of moving… Continue Reading
Creating a Social Institution: Leveraging the Power of Social Media
Ryan Dodge – Social Media Coordinator for ROM – on… Continue Reading
How to make a membership valuable beyond the walls of the museum
Allegra Burnette, Chiara Bernasconi and Maggie Lederer on how to… Continue Reading
Re:Make the Museum: Citizen Curators and Makers
Hannah Fox of Derby Museums on developing a co-production approach… Continue Reading
Adaptive Leadership: Creating a Climate for New Ideas
Robert Thorpe and Lucy Shaw that today’s cultural leaders need… Continue Reading
Game-makers and Curators: How to develop engaging museum games
Danny Birchall and Martha Henson on how making a good… Continue Reading
A Two Way Process: Museum Stories and Museum Meanings
Iain Watson looks at the relationship between museums and stories… Continue Reading
Collections: Social Responsibility, Cultural Sustainability
Stuart Hall argues that to be seen as an essential… Continue Reading
How to Write an Audience Development Plan: A Quick Guide
Ben Gammon on how to draft an audience development plan… Continue Reading
The Eco Museum: Reimagining Exhibition Production
Carole Hammond hopes that in time the term ‘eco-exhibition’ will… Continue Reading
Technology: The Catalyst for Change in the Future of Museums
Robert Stein argues that it is time to embrace the potential… Continue Reading
Youth Engagement Today: Building Tomorrow’s Audience
Jean M. Franczyk on youth engagement strategies and how to engage… Continue Reading
Being Social: What Museums Need to Understand for the Future
Adam Rozen – Director of Audience Engagement at the Worcester… Continue Reading
Active Participation: Museums Empowering the Community
Marilyn Scott on how museums are in a unique position… Continue Reading
Gallery Design: Inspire, Engage, Preserve, Connect, Transform
Peta Motture on the redevelopment of the Medieval & Renaissance Galleries… Continue Reading
Unlocking Potential: Where Next for Open Cultural Data in Museums?
MIa Ridge looks at what is next for ‘open cultural data’… Continue Reading
Democratic Museums: The Importance of Broadening Audiences
David Fleming argues that when we succeed in creating democratic museums,… Continue Reading
Museums and the Cultural Landscape: Space and Place
Victoria Dickenson argues that museums, more than many structures, are… Continue Reading
Collecting the Contemporary: Documenting Modern Identity
Esther Brumberg on collecting material reflecting the vibrancy and diversity of… Continue Reading
Organizational Change: Reimagining Exhibition Development
Lisa Leblanc on how the Canadian Museum of History recently… Continue Reading
Augmented Reality and Museums: Beyond the Hype
Shelley Mannion on how museums have tackled the challenge of creating… Continue Reading
Sex in the Museum: Building Relationships and Pushing Boundaries
Lisa Junkin on a successful outreach plan: Bringing pornography into the… Continue Reading
Making the Transition: From one-way communication to conversation
Peter Skogh on how strategic marketing, clear objectives and conscious… Continue Reading
Super Natural: Museums and the Future of the Planet
Sharon Ament – Director of the Museum of London and… Continue Reading
Diffusing Interpretative Authority and Curatorial Narrative
Steph Mastoris on how the National Waterfront Museum in Swansea has… Continue Reading
